2026 Emmys Predictions in Every Category

“The Diplomat” (Netflix)
“A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms” (HBO Max)
“Paradise” (Hulu)
“The Pitt” (HBO Max) ***
“Pluribus” (Apple TV)
“Slow Horses” (Apple TV)
“Stranger Things” (Netflix)
“Task” (HBO Max)

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“Abbott Elementary” (ABC)
“The Bear” (FX)
“Hacks” (HBO Max)
“Margo’s Got Money Troubles” (Apple TV)
“Only Murders in the Building” (Hulu)
“Rooster” (HBO Max)
“Shrinking” (Apple TV)
“Widow’s Bay” (Apple TV) ***

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“The Beast in Me” (Netflix)
“Beef” (Netflix) ***
“DTF St. Louis” (HBO Max)
“Half Man” (HBO Max)
“Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette” (FX)

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“Deep Cover” (Prime Video)
“Mike and Nick and Nick and Alice” (Hulu)
“Miss You, Love You” (HBO Max)
“Remarkably Bright Creatures” (Netflix) ***
“People We Meet on Vacation” (Netflix)

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Sterling K. Brown, “Paradise” (Hulu)
Jon Hamm, “Your Friends and Neighbors” (Apple TV)
Gary Oldman, “Slow Horses” (Apple TV)
Mark Ruffalo, “Task” (HBO Max)
Noah Wyle, “The Pitt” (HBO Max) ***

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Steve Carell, “Rooster” (HBO Max)
Matthew Rhys, “Widow’s Bay” (Apple TV)
Jason Segel, “Shrinking” (Apple TV)
Martin Short, “Only Murders in the Building” (Hulu) ***
Jeremy Allen White, “The Bear” (FX)

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Jamie Bell, “Half Man” (HBO Max)
Charlie Hunnam, “Monster: The Ed Gein Story” (Netflix)
Oscar Isaac, “Beef” (Netflix) ***
Matthew Rhys, “The Beast in Me” (Netflix)
Michael Shannon, “Death by Lightning” (Netflix)

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Kathy Bates, “Matlock” (CBS)
Michelle Pfeiffer, “The Madison” (Paramount+)
Keri Russell, “The Diplomat” (Netflix)
Rhea Seehorn, “Pluribus” (Apple TV) ***
Zendaya, “Euphoria” (HBO Max)

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Quinta Brunson, “Abbott Elementary” (ABC)
Elle Fanning, “Margo’s Got Money Troubles” (Apple TV)
Lisa Kudrow, “The Comeback” (HBO Max) ***
Keke Palmer, “The ‘Burbs” (Peacock)
Jean Smart, “Hacks” (HBO Max)

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Claire Danes, “The Beast in Me” (Netflix)
Carey Mulligan, “Beef” (Netflix) ***
Sarah Pidgeon, “Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette” (FX)
Sarah Snook, “All Her Fault” (Peacock)
Kerry Washington, “Imperfect Women” (Apple TV)

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Patrick Ball, “The Pitt” (HBO Max)
Billy Crudup, “The Morning Show” (Apple TV)
Shawn Hatosy, “The Pitt” (HBO Max)
Gerran Howell, “The Pitt” (HBO Max)
Jack Lowden, “Slow Horses” (Apple TV)
Tom Pelphrey, “Task” (HBO Max) ***
Carlos-Manuel Vesga, “Pluribus” (Apple TV)

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Paul W. Downs, “Hacks” (HBO Max)
Harrison Ford, “Shrinking” (Apple TV) ***
Ebon Moss-Bachrach, “The Bear” (FX)
Nick Offerman, “Margo’s Got Money Troubles” (Apple TV)
Stephen Root, “Widow’s Bay” (Apple TV)
Michael Urie, “Shrinking” (Apple TV)
Bowen Yang, “Saturday Night Live” (NBC)

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Jonathan Banks, “The Beast in Me” (Netflix)
Jason Bateman, “DTF St. Louis” (HBO Max)
Richard Gadd, “Half Man” (HBO Max)
David Harbour, “DTF St. Louis” (HBO Max) ***
Charles Melton, “Beef” (Netflix)
Alessandro Nivola, “Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette” (FX)

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Taylor Dearden, “The Pitt” (HBO Max)
Supriya Ganesh, “The Pitt” (HBO Max)
Allison Janney, “The Diplomat” (Netflix)
Katherine LaNasa, “The Pitt” (HBO Max)
Sepideh Moafi, “The Pitt” (HBO Max) ***
Julianne Nicholson, “Paradise” (Hulu)
Karolina Wydra, “Pluribus” (Apple TV)

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Hannah Einbinder, “Hacks” (HBO Max) ***
Kate O’Flynn, “Widow’s Bay” (Apple TV)
Janelle James, “Abbott Elementary” (ABC)
Michelle Pfeiffer, “Margo’s Got Money Troubles” (Apple TV)
Sheryl Lee Ralph, “Abbott Elementary” (ABC)
Meg Stalter, “Hacks” (HBO Max)
Jessica Williams, “Shrinking” (Apple TV)

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Linda Cardellini, “DTF St. Louis” (HBO Max)
Grace Gummer, “Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette” (FX)
Laurie Metcalf, “Monster: The Ed Gein Story” (Netflix)
Cailee Spaeny, “Beef” (Netflix)
Naomi Watts, “Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette” (FX) ***
Constance Zimmer, “Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette” (FX)

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GUEST ACTOR (DRAMA)
Will Arnett, “The Madison” (Paramount+)
Colman Domingo, “Euphoria” (HBO Max) ***
Giancarlo Esposito, “The Boys” (Prime Video)
Jeff Hiller, “Pluribus” (Apple TV)
Samba Schutte, “Pluribus” (Apple TV)
Bradley Whitford, “The Diplomat” (Netflix) 

GUEST ACTRESS (DRAMA)
Brittany Allen, “The Pitt” (HBO Max)
Tal Anderson, “The Pitt” (HBO Max)
Elisabeth Moss, “The Testaments” (Hulu)
Miriam Shor, “Pluribus” (Apple TV)
Merritt Wever, “The Gilded Age” (HBO Max)
Shailene Woodley, “Paradise” (Hulu) ***

GUEST ACTOR (COMEDY)
Jon Bernthal, “The Bear” (FX)
Jeff Daniels, “Shrinking” (Apple TV)
Michael J. Fox, “Shrinking” (Apple TV) ***
Hamish Linklater, “Widow’s Bay” (Apple TV)
Rob Reiner, “The Bear” (FX)
Connor Storrie, “Saturday Night Live” (NBC) 

GUEST ACTRESS (COMEDY)
Candice Bergen, “Shrinking” (Apple TV)
Leslie Bibb, “Hacks” (HBO Max)
Jamie Lee Curtis, “The Bear” (FX) ***
Betty Gilpin, “Widow’s Bay” (Apple TV)
Cherry Jones, “Hacks” (HBO Max)
Kaitlin Olson, “Hacks” (HBO Max)

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“The Daily Show” (Comedy Central) ***
“Jimmy Kimmel Live!” (ABC) ***
“Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” (HBO Max) ***
“The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” (CBS) ***
“Saturday Night Live” (NBC) ***

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DIRECTING (DRAMA)
“Paradise” (Hulu) — Glenn Ficarra and John Requa, “Graceland”
“The Pitt” (HBO Max) – Damian Marcano, “7:00 P.M.”
“The Pitt” (HBO Max) — John Wells, “9:00 P.M.”
“Pluribus” (Apple TV) — Gordon Smith, “Grenade”
“Pluribus” (Apple TV) — Vince Gilligan, “We Is Us” ***
“Slow Horses” (Apple TV) — Saul Metzstein, “Scars”
“Stranger Things” (Netflix) — The Duffer Brothers, “Chapter Eight: The Rightside Up”

DIRECTING (COMEDY)
“The Bear” (FX) — Janicza Bravo, “Pilot”
“Hacks” (HBO Max) — Lucia Aniello, “Hacks (Finale)”
“Jury Duty Presents: Company Retreat” (Prime Video) – Jake Szymanski, “Mergers and Acquisitions”
“The Lowdown” (FX) – Sterlin Harjo, “Pilot”
“The Ms. Pat Show” (BET) — Mary Lou Belli, “Killin’ and Dyin’”
“Shrinking” (Apple TV) — Randall Keenan Winston, “And That’s Our Time”
“Widow’s Bay” (Apple TV) — Hiro Murai, “Welcome to Widow’s Bay!” ***

DIRECTING (LIMITED OR ANTHOLOGY SERIES OR MOVIE)
“Beef” (Netflix) — Jake Schreier, “It Will Stay This Way And You Will Obey”
“Beef” (Netflix) — Lee Sung Jin, “Oh, the Comfort, the Inexpressible Comfort” ***
“Black Rabbit” (Netflix) — Jason Bateman, “The Black Rabbits”
“DTF St. Louis” (HBO Max) — Steven Conrad, “Series”
“Imperfect Women” (Apple TV) – Lesli Linka Glatter, “Louise”

DIRECTING (DOCUMENTARY/NONFICTION)
“John Candy: I Like Me” (Prime Video) — Colin Hanks
“Marty, Life is Short” (Netflix) — Lawrence Kasdan
“Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!” (HBO Max) — Judd Apatow; Michael Bonfiglio
“Mr. Scorsese” (Apple TV) — Rebecca Miller, “All This Filming Isn’t Healthy” ***
“Sean Combs: The Reckoning” (Netflix) — Alexandra Stapleton

DIRECTING (VARIETY SERIES)
“Last Week Tonight With John Oliver” (HBO Max) — Paul Pennolino, “USAID”
“The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” (CBS) — Yvonne De Mare, “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Series Finale” ***
“Saturday Night Live” (NBC) — Liz Patrick, “Host: Olivia Rodrigo”

DIRECTING (VARIETY SPECIAL)
“The Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show Starring Bad Bunny” (NBC) — Hamish Hamilton ***
“Ramy Youssef: In Love” (HBO Max) — Christopher Storer
“The Roast of Kevin Hart” (Netflix) — Beth McCarthy-Miller
“Robby Hoffman: Wake Up” (Netflix) — John Mulaney
“Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour | The Final Show” (Disney+) — Glenn Weiss

DIRECTING (REALITY PROGRAM)
“The Amazing Race” (CBS) — Bertram van Munster, “I’m Not a Big Fan of Olives”
“Love on the Spectrum” (Netflix) — Cian O’Clery, “Episode 1”
“RuPaul’s Drag Race” (MTV) — Nick Murray, “Grand Finale”
“Top Chef” (Bravo) — Anna Moulaison, “Carolina Roots”
“The Traitors” (Peacock) — Ben Archard, “Let the Cards Fall as They Will” ***

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WRITING (DRAMA)
“Paradise” (Hulu) — “Graceland”
“The Pitt” (HBO Max) — “12:00 P.M.”
“The Pitt” (HBO Max) — “1:00 P.M.”
“Pluribus” (Apple TV) — “Grenade”
“Pluribus” (Apple TV) — “We Is Us” ***
“Slow Horses” (Apple TV) — “Scars”

WRITING (COMEDY)
“Abbott Elementary” (ABC) — “Team Building”
“The Comeback” (HBO Max) — “Valerie Does It All”
“Hacks” (HBO Max) — “Hacks (Finale)” ***
“Margo’s Got Money Troubles” (Apple TV) — “Lock and Loaded”
“Shrinking” (Apple TV) — “And That’s Our Time”
“Widow’s Bay” (Apple TV) — “Welcome to Widow’s Bay”

WRITING (LIMITED OR ANTHOLOGY, MOVIE)
“Beef” (Netflix) — “All The Things We’re Never Going To Have”
“DTF St. Louis” (HBO Max) — Series ***
“Half Man” (HBO Max) — Series
“Lord of the Flies” (Netflix) — Series
“Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette” (FX) — “Pilot”

WRITING (NONFICTION)
“The American Revolution” (PBS) — “Episode One: In Order To Be Free (May 1754 – May 1775)”
“The Daily Show Presents: Jordan Klepper Fingers The Pulse: Give The Man A Prize” (Comedy Central) ***
“The Tale of Silyan” (National Geographic)

WRITING (VARIETY SERIES)
“Jimmy Kimmel Live!” (ABC)
“Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” (HBO Max)
“The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” (CBS) ***

WRITING (VARIETY SPECIAL)
“Josh Johnson: Symphony” (HBO Max)
“Leanne Morgan: Unspeakable Things” (Netflix)
“Nikki Glaser: Good Girl” (Hulu)
“The Oscars” (ABC)
“Ramy Youssef: In Love” (HBO Max) ***

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“Celebrity Family Feud” (Syndicated)
“Game Changer” (Dropout)
“Jeopardy!” (Syndicated) ***
“The Price is Right” (Syndicated)
“Wheel of Fortune” (Syndicated)

RuPaul Charles, “RuPaul’s Drag Race” (MTV)
Alan Cumming, “The Traitors” (Peacock)
Phil Keoghan, “The Amazing Race” (CBS)
Kristen Kish, “Top Chef” (Bravo)
Jeff Probst, “Survivor” (CBS) ***

“The Amazing Race” (CBS)
“RuPaul’s Drag Race” (MTV)
“Survivor” (CBS) ***
“Top Chef” (Bravo)
“The Traitors” (Peacock)

“Antiques Roadshow” (PBS)
“Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives” (Food Network)
“Love is Blind” (Netflix) ***
“Queer Eye” (Netflix)
“Shark Tank” (ABC)

“America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders” (Netflix)
“Love on the Spectrum” (Netflix) ***
“RuPaul’s Drag Race: Untucked” (MTV)
“Summer House” (Bravo)
“Welcome to Wrexham” (FX) 

DOCUMENTARY (SPECIAL)
“Aka Charlie Sheen” (Netflix)
“John Candy: I Like Me” (Prime Video) ***
“Marty, Life is Short” (Netflix)
“Mel Books: The 99 Year Old Man!” (HBO Max)
“My Mom Jayne: A Film By Mariska Hargitay” (HBO Max)

DOCUMENTARY (SERIES)
“The American Revolution” (PBS)
“Mr. Scorsese” (Apple TV) ***
“Sean Combs: The Reckoning” (Netflix)
“Taylor Swift: The End of an Era” (Disney+)
“The Yogurt Shop Murders” (HBO Max)

HOSTED NONFICTION SERIES/SPECIAL
“The Daily Show Presents: Jordan Klepper Fingers The Pulse: Give The Man A Prize” (Comedy Central)
“The Dinosaurs” (Netflix)
“Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates Jr.” (PBS)
“My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman” (Netflix) ***
“Tucci in Italy” (National Geographic)

EXCEPTIONAL MERIT IN DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKING
“The Librarians” (BBC)
“Natchez” (PBS)
“The Tale of Silyan” (National Geographic) ***

VARIETY SPECIAL (LIVE)
“The Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show Starring Bad Bunny” (NBC) ***
“68th Annual Grammy Awards” (CBS)
“The Oscars” (ABC)
“The Roast of Kevin Hart” (Netflix)
“78th Annual Tony Awards” (CBS)

VARIETY SPECIAL (PRE-RECORDED)
“Dave Chappelle: The Unstoppable” (Netflix)
“Josh Johnson: Symphony” (HBO Max)
“Marc Maron: Panicked” (HBO Max)
“Nikki Glaser: Good Girl” (Hulu) ***
“Ricky Gervais: Mortality” (Netflix)

“Bob’s Burgers” (Fox)
“Long Story Short” (Netflix)
“Rick and Morty” (Adult Swim)
“The Simpsons” (Fox)
“South Park” (Comedy Central) ***

CASTING FOR A DRAMA SERIES
“A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms” (HBO Max)
“The Pitt” (HBO Max) ***
“Pluribus” (Apple TV)
“Slow Horses” (Apple TV)
“Stranger Things” (Netflix)
“The Testaments” (Hulu)

CASTING FOR A COMEDY SERIES
“Abbott Elementary” (ABC)
“Hacks” (HBO Max)
“Jury Duty: Company Retreat” (Prime Video)
“Only Murders in the Building” (Hulu)
“Shrinking” (Apple TV) ***
“Widow’s Bay” (Apple TV)

CASTING FOR A LIMITED OR ANTHOLOGY SERIES/MOVIE
“The Beast in Me” (Netflix)
“Beef” (Netflix)
“Half Man” (HBO Max)
“Lord of the Flies” (Netflix) ***
“Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bissette” (FX)

CASTING FOR A REALITY PROGRAM
“The Amazing Race” (CBS)
“Love is Blind” (Netflix)
“Love on the Spectrum” (Netflix) ***
“RuPaul’s Drag Race” (MTV)
“Survivor” (CBS)

CINEMATOGRAPHY (SERIES, HALF-HOUR)
“The Bear” (FX) – ”Scallop”
“The Chair Company” (HBO Max) — “I Won. Zoom In” ***
“Emily in Paris” (Netflix) – “Veni, Vidi, Venezia”
“Hacks” (HBO Max) – “The Garden”
“Only Murders in the Building” (Hulu) – “Rigor”
“Widow’s Bay” (Apple TV) – “Our History”

CINEMATOGRAPHY (SERIES, ONE-HOUR)
“The Diplomat” (Netflix) – “Schrodinger’s Wife”
“Margo’s Got Money Troubles” (Apple TV) – “Flamingos”
“Spider-Noir” (Prime Video) – “Step Into My Office”
“Stranger Things” (Netflix) – “Chapter Four: Sorcerer”
“Task” (HBO Max) – “Crossings” ***

CINEMATOGRAPHY (LIMITED/SERIES)
“All Her Fault” (Peacock) – “Episode 1”
“The Beast in Me” (Netflix) – “Just Don’t Want to be Lonely”
“Beef” (Netflix) — “It Will Stay This Way and You Will Obey”
“Lord of the Flies” (Netflix) – “Chapter Three: Simon” ***
“Love Story: John F. Kennedy and Carolyn Bessette” (FX) – “Search and Recovery”
“Monster: The Ed Gein Story” (Netflix) – “Buxom Bird”

CINEMATOGRAPHY (NONFICTION)
“The Dark Wizard” (HBO Max) – “This is Art, This is Spirituality”
“John Candy: I Like Me” (Prime Video)
“My Mom Jayne: A Film By Mariska Hargitay” (HBO Max) ***
“Sean Combs: The Reckoning” (Netflix) – “What Goes Down Must Come Up”
“#SKYKING” (Hulu)

CHOREOGRAPHY (SCRIPTED)
“The Boys” (Prime Video) — “Raise Him Up”
“Bridgerton” (Netflix) — “Pink / Full Circle / Recital / Masquerade / Stag”
“Euphoria” (HBO Max) — “Rosalia – Strip Club / Wedding Dance”
“Spider-Noir” (Prime Video) — “Dream A Little Dream Of Me / The Devils You Know”
“Wednesday” (Netflix) — “The Dead Dance” ***

CHOREOGRAPHY (VARIETY AND REALITY)
“The Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show Starring Bad Bunny” (NBC) — “Casita Medley / EoO / Nuevayol” ***
“Dancing with the Stars” (ABC) — “Ain’t No Sunshine Argentine Tango / Rewrite The Stars / Romantasy”
“The Masked Singer” (Fox) — “Greedy / Sussudio”
“The Oscars” (ABC) — “I Lied to You”
“RuPaul’s Drag Race” (MTV) — “Versatile / Stimulate / What’s In A Ball?”

COMMERCIALS
“America Is Us – The Hispanic Federation”
“Dish – Open AI, ChatGPT”
“F1 iPhone Haptic Trailer – Apple, F1 Movie” ***
“It’s Your World To Understand – The New York Times”
“6 Out Of 5 Stars – Apple App Store”

COSTUMES (CONTEMPORARY, SERIES)
“All’s Fair” (Hulu) — “When We Were Young”
“Hacks” (HBO Max) — “No New Tricks”
“Pluribus” (Apple TV) — “HDP”
“The Testaments” (Hulu) — “Ball”
“Wednesday” (Netflix) — “Woe Me the Money”

COSTUMES (CONTEMPORARY, LIMITED/MOVIE)
“The Beast in Me” (Netflix) — “Elephant in the Room”
“Beef” (Netflix) — “All The Things We’re Never Going To Have”
“DTF St. Louis” (HBO Max) — “Cornhole”
“Imperfect Women” (Apple TV) — “Eleanor”
“Vladimir” (Netflix) — “Because It Is Bitter And Because It Is My Heart” ***

COSTUMES (FANTASY/SCI-FI)
“The Boys” (Prime Video) — “The Frenchman, the Female, and the Man Called Mother’s Milk”
“A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms” (HBO Max) — “Seven” ***
“The Sandman” (Netflix) — “The Ruler of Hell”
“The Witcher” (Netflix) — “Baptism of Fire”
“Wonder Man” (Disney+) — “Yuca Valley”

COSTUMES (PERIOD)
“Bridgerton” (Netflix) — “Dance in the Country”
“Chief of War” (Apple TV) — “City of Flowers”
“The Gilded Age” (HBO Max) — “Marriage is a Gamble” ***
“Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette” (FX) — “The Wedding”
“Palm Royale” (Apple TV) — “Maxine is Ready to Single Mingle”

COSTUMES (VARIETY, NONFICTION OR REALITY)
“The Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show Starring Bad Bunny” (NBC)
“The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula: Titans” (AMC) ***
“The Masked Singer” (Fox) — “Premiere Part 1”
“RuPaul’s Drag Race” (MTV) — “Fannie: The Hard Knock Ball Rusical”
“Saturday Night Live” (NBC) — “Host: Ryan Gosling”

HAIRSTYLING (CONTEMPORARY)
“Abbott Elementary” (ABC) — “Mall Part 3: Heroes”
“Hacks” (HBO Max) — “No New Tricks”
“I Love LA” (HBO Max) — “Roger and Munchy”
“Pluribus” (Apple TV) — “Pirate Lady”
“The Testaments” (Hulu) — “Ball”
“Wednesday” (Netflix) — “Woe Me the Money” ***

HAIRSTYLING (PERIOD OR FANTASY/SCI-FI)
“Bridgerton” (Netflix) — “The Waltz”
“The Gilded Age” (HBO Max) — “My Mind is Made Up”
“IT: Welcome to Derry” (HBO Max) — “The Black Spot”
“Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette” (FX) — “Battery Park” ***
“Spider-Noir” (Prime Video) — “Step Into My Office”

HAIRSTYLING (VARIETY, NONFICTION OR REALITY)
“The Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show Starring Bad Bunny” (NBC) ***
“The Oscars” (ABC)
“RuPaul’s Drag Race” (MTV) — “Rate-A-Queen Talent Show, Part 2”
“Saturday Night Live” (NBC) — “Host: Glen Powell”
“Wicked: One Wonderful Night” (Peacock)

LIGHTING DESIGN/DIRECTION (VARIETY SERIES)
“American Idol” (ABC) — “Celebrating Taylor Swift On American Idol”
“Dancing with the Stars” (ABC) — “20th Birthday Party” ***
“Jimmy Kimmel Live!” (ABC) — Guests: Stephen Colbert, Seth Meyers, Kumail Nanjiani, Josh Meyers, And Musical Guest Reneé Rapp
“The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” (CBS) — “Guests: Bruce Springsteen, Special Surprise Guests”
“The Voice” (NBC) — “Finale Part 2”

LIGHTING DESIGN/DIRECTION (VARIETY SPECIAL)
“The Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show Starring Bad Bunny” (NBC)
“68th Annual Grammy Awards” (CBS)
“The Oscars” (ABC) ***
“The Roast of Kevin Hart” (Netflix)
“Wicked: One Wonderful Night” (Peacock)

TECHNICAL DIRECTION AND CAMERA WORK (SERIES)
“The Daily Show” (Comedy Central) — “Episode 30105”
“Jimmy Kimmel Live!” (ABC) — “Guests: Stephen Colbert, Seth Meyers, Kumail Nanjiani, Josh Meyers, And Musical Guest Reneé Rapp”
“Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” (HBO Max) — “USAID”
“The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” (CBS) — “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Series Finale” ***
“The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” (NBC) — “Guests: Keegan-Michael Key, Cade Cunningham, Common Ft. Bilal & The Roots”

TECHNICAL DIRECTION AND CAMERA WORK (SPECIAL)
“The 51st AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute To Eddie Murphy” (Netflix)
“The Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show Starring Bad Bunny” (NBC) ***
“68th Annual Grammy Awards” (CBS)
“The Oscars” (ABC)
“The Roast of Kevin Hart” (Netflix)

MAKEUP (CONTEMPORARY, NON-PROSTHETIC)
“Imperfect Women” (Apple TV) – “Eleanor”
“Murdaugh: Death in the Family” (Hulu) — “Controlled Burn”
“Only Murders in the Building” (Hulu) — “Cuckoo Chicks”
“The Pitt” (HBO Max) — “1:00 P.M.” ***
“Pluribus” (Apple TV) — “We Is Us”
“Wednesday” (Netflix) — “Woe Me the Money”

MAKEUP (PERIOD OR FANTASY/SCI-FI, NON-PROSTHETIC)
“Alien: Earth” (FX) – “Metamorphosis”
“Fallout” (Prime Video) – “The Strip”
“The Gilded Age” (HBO Max) – “My Mind is Made Up”
“Monster: The Ed Gein Story” (Netflix) — “The Babysitter” ***
“Palm Royale” (Apple TV) – “Maxine Drinks Martinis Now”
“Stranger Things” (Netflix) — “Chapter Four: Sorcerer”

MAKEUP (VARIETY, NONFICTION OR REALITY)
“The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula: Titans” (AMC) — “Halloween House Party Part II”
“Dancing with the Stars” (ABC) – “Disney Night” ***
“The Masked Singer” (Fox) — “Star Trek Night”
“RuPaul’s Drag Race” (MTV) – “Snatch Game of Love: Island Edition”
“Saturday Night Live” (NBC) — “Host: Bad Bunny”
“Very Important People” (Dropout) — “Oops Lil Fart”

MAKEUP (PROSTHETICS)
“Alien: Earth” (FX) — “Emergence” ***
“The Pitt” (HBO Max) – “9:00 P.M.”
“Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” (Paramount+) — “New Life and New Civilizations”
“Stranger Things” (Netflix) — “Chapter Four: Sorcerer”
“The Witcher” (Netflix) – “What I Love I Do Not Carry”

MUSIC COMPOSITION (SERIES)
“The Diplomat” (Netflix) – Marcelo Zarvos, “The Riderless Horse”
“Down Cemetery Road” (Apple TV) — Laura Karpman, “Slow Dying”
“Only Murders in the Building” (Hulu) – Siddhartha Khosla, “The House Always…”
“Slow Horses” (Apple TV) – Daniel Pemberton and Toydrum, “Missiles”
“Spider-Noir” (Prime Video) — Kris Bowers and Michael Dean Parsons, “Step Into My Office”
“Widow’s Bay” (Apple TV) — David Fleming, “Our History” ***

MUSIC COMPOSITION (LIMITED OR ANTHOLOGY, SERIES OR SPECIAL)
“The Beast in Me” (Netflix) – Sean Callery and Sara Barone, “The Beast and Me”
“Beef” (Netflix) — Finneas O’Connell, “It Will Stay This Way and You Will Obey” ***
“Chief of War” (Apple TV) – Hans Zimmer and James Everingham, “The Chief of War”
“In the Blink of an Eye” (Hulu) — Thomas Newman
“Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bissette” (FX) — Bryce Dessner , “The Wedding”

MUSIC COMPOSITION (DOCUMENTARY NONFICTION/REALITY)
“The Dinosaurs” (Netflix) — Lorne Balfe, “Rise” ***
“John Candy: I Like Me” (Prime Video) — Tyler Strickland, Film
“Marty, Life is Short” (Netflix) — Xander Rodzinski, Film
“Sean Combs: The Reckoning” (Netflix) — Pierre Charles, “Official Girl”
“The Yogurt Shop Murders” (HBO Max) — Claudia Sarne, “In Your Time”

MAIN TITLE THEME MUSIC
“Chad Powers” (Hulu) — Natalie Holt
“The Madison” (Paramount+) — Breton Vivian
“Murderbot” (Apple TV) — Amanda Jones
“Pluribus” (Apple TV) — Dave Porter
“Rooster” (HBO Max) — Andrew Watt and Michael Stipe ***
“Spider-Noir” (Prime Video) — Sebastian Kole, Warren Oak Felder and Jayme Silverstein

MUSIC AND LYRICS
“Love on the Spectrum” (Netflix) — “Sounds Pretty Good to Me” by Cameron Bedell, Jackson Nance and Tyler White
“Only Murders in the Building” (Hulu) — “Wish That You Were Me” by David Archuleta, Michael Blum and Sophie Rose Abrams
“Spider-Noir” (Prime Video) — “The Devil You Know” by Warren Oak Felder, Sebastian Kole and Daniel Pemberton ***
“78th Annual Tony Awards” (Paramount+) — “Sometimes All You Need is a Song” by Benj Pasek, Justin Paul, Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman
“Rooster” (HBO Max) – “The High Road” by Andrew Watt and Sam Fender
“Wednesday” (Netflix) — “The Dead Dance” by Lady Gaga, Andrew Watt and Henry Walter Russell

MUSIC DIRECTION
“The 51st AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute To Eddie Murphy” (Netflix) — Rickey Minor
“The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” (CBS) — Louis Cato
“The Oscars” (ABC) — Michael Bearden ***
“Saturday Night Live” (NBC) — Lenny Pickett, Leon Pendarvis, Eli Brueggemann and Maddie Rice, “Host: Jack Black”
“Wicked: One Wonderful Night” (Peacock) — Stephen Oremus

MUSIC SUPERVISION
“All’s Fair” (Hulu) — Amanda Krieg Thomas, “Everybody Dance Now”
“Beef” (Netflix) — Jen Malone, “I Am Killing My Flesh Without It”
“The Boroughs” (Netflix) — Nora Felder, “Welcome to the Boroughs”
“Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette” (FX) — Jen Malone, “Pilot” ***
“Widow’s Bay” (Apple TV) — Toko Nagata, “Beach Reads”

PICTURE EDITING (DRAMA)
“Paradise” (Hulu) – “Graceland” by Julia Grove
“The Pitt” (HBO Max) — “9:00 P.M.” by Mark Strand ***
“Pluribus” (Apple TV) – “Got Milk” by Joey Liew
“Pluribus” (Apple TV) — “Grenade” by Chris McCaleb
“Pluribus” (Apple TV) — “We Is Us” by Skip Macdonald
“Stranger Things” (Netflix) — “Chapter Eight: The Rightside Up” by Dean Zimmerman and Casey Cichocki

PICTURE EDITING (COMEDY)
“The Bear” (FX) – “Bears” by Joanna Naugle
“The Chair Company” (HBO Max) “Life Goes By Too F**king Fast, It Really Does.” by Stacy Moon
“Hacks” (HBO Max) – “The Cube” by Peggy Techdjian
“Hacks” (HBO Max) — “Hacks (Finale)” by Jon Philpot
“Widow’s Bay” (Apple TV) — “Our History” by Isaac Hagy
“Widow’s Bay” (Apple TV) – “Welcome to Widow’s Bay” by Kyle Reiter ***

PICTURE EDITING (MULTI-CAMERA COMEDY)
“Leanne” (Netflix) — “Having Big Feelings” by Russell Griffin
“The Neighborhood” (CBS) — “Welcome to Goodbye” by Chris Poulos
“Shifting Gears” (ABC) – “Nutcracker” by Pamela Marshall
“The Upshaws” (Netflix) — “Election Day” by Angel Gamboa Bryant ***
“The Upshaws” (Netflix) — “Gone Awry” by Brian John LeCoz

PICTURE EDITING (LIMITED OR ANTHOLOGY SERIES, MOVIE)
“Beef” (Netflix) — “All the Things We’re Never Going to Have” by Laura Zempel
“DTF St. Louis” (HBO Max) — “No One’s Normal. It Just Looks That Way From Across The Street” by Kevin D. Ross and Max Koepke
“Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bissette” (FX) — “Battery Park” by Adam Penn and Franzis Müller ***
“Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bissette” (FX) — “Pilot” by Adam Penn
“Monster: The Ed Gein Story” (Netflix) – “Sick as Your Secrets” by Adam Penn

PICTURE EDITING (VARIETY PROGRAMMING)
“Dave Chappell: The Unstoppable” (Netflix) — Jeff U’ren
“Hot Ones” (YouTube) — “BTS Breaks Another Record While Eating Spicy Wings” by Colin Higgins and Marie Uridia
“The Muppet Show” (Disney+) — Kelly Lyon
“Nikki Glaser: Good Girl” (Hulu) — Guy Harding
“Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour | The Final Show” (Disney+) — Dom Whitworth, Rupa Rathod, Benjamin Wainwright-Pearce, Michael Heubel and Hamish Lyons ***

PICTURE EDITING (VARIETY PROGRAMMING, SEGMENT)
“The Daily Show” (Comedy Central) — “RFK Hospital: An Original Series Inspired by the Medical Advice of RFK Jr. (segment)” by Nikolaj Johnson ***
“The Daily Show” (Comedy Central) — “Ronny Chieng Investigates The Promises Of AI (The Most Expensive Circle Jerk Ever) (segment)” by Mark Paone
“Jimmy Kimmel Live!” (ABC) — “Guillermo At The Oscars 2026 (segment)” by Jason Bielski
“The Oscars” (ABC) — “Opening Film & Special Sequences (segment)” by Matthew Shaw
“Saturday Night Live” (NBC) — “Home Alone (segment)” by Ryan Spears

PICTURE EDITING (NONFICTION)
“The Dark Wizard” (HBO Max) — “The Death Consequence” by Josh Lowell, Peter Mortimer, Joshua Steele Minor and Nick Rosen
“John Candy: I Like Me” (Prime Video) — Shane Reid, Darrin Roberts and Dominic Rolandelli
“Marty, Life is Short” (Netflix) — Sierra Neal and Bennett Piscitelli
“Mr. Scorsese” (Apple TV) — “Stranger in a Strange Land” by David Bartner and George O’Donnell ***
“Sean Combs: The Reckoning” (Netflix) — “Blink Again” by Charles Divak, Evan Wise, Jack Gravina, Benji Kast, Adam Goldstein, Jonathan Miller and Jeremy Siefler

PICTURE EDITING (STRUCTURED REALITY/COMPETITION)
“The Amazing Race” (CBS) — Series Body of Work
“Love is Blind’ (Netflix) — “Head vs. Heart”
“RuPaul’s Drag Race” (MTV) — “You Can’t Keep a Good Drag Queen Down”
“Survivor” (CBS) — Series Body of Work
“The Traitors” (Peacock) — “The Death Conga” ***

PICTURE EDITING (UNSTRUCTURED)
“Below Deck Down Under” (Bravo) — “Night of the Living Dead”
“Deadliest Catch” (Discovery) — “King of the Frozen North”
“Love on the Spectrum” (Netflix) — “Episode 4”
“RuPaul’s Drag Race: Untucked” (MTV) — “Red Carpet Mash-ups”
“Welcome to Wrexham” (FX) — “Do a Wrexham” ***

PRODUCTION DESIGN (CONTEMPORARY, ONE-HOUR)
“The Audacity” (AMC) — “Best of All Possible Worlds”
“The Beast in Me” (Netflix) – “Sick Puppy”
“Beef” (Netflix) — “The Increasing Flimsiness Of Any Certainties About The Future”
“Pluribus” (Apple TV) — “Grenade” ***
“Task” (HBO Max) – “Crossings”

PRODUCTION DESIGN (PERIOD OR FANTASY, ONE-HOUR)
“Bridgerton” (Netflix) — “The Waltz”
“Death by Lightning” (Netflix) – “Destiny of the Republic”
“Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette” (FX) — “Pilot”
“Spider-Noir” (Prime Video) — “Step Into My Office” ***
“Washington Black” (Hulu) – “The Flying Man and the Musician”

PRODUCTION DESIGN (NARRATIVE, HALF-HOUR)
“Hacks” (HBO Max) — “Who’s Making Dinner?”
“A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms” (HBO Max) — “Seven” ***
“The Neighborhood” (CBS) – “Welcome to the Walk of Roses”
“Only Murders in the Building” (Hulu) — “The House Always…”
“Widow’s Bay” (Apple TV) – “Lodging”

PRODUCTION DESIGN (VARIETY OR REALITY SERIES)
“The Daily Show” (Comedy Central) — “Episode 30110”
“Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” (HBO Max) — “Med Spas”
“RuPaul’s Drag Race” (MTV) — “RDR Live Returns!” ***
“Saturday Night Live” (NBC) — “Host: Jack Black”
“Squid Game: The Challenge” (Netflix) — “Catch”

PRODUCTION DESIGN (VARIETY SPECIAL)
“The Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show Starring Bad Bunny” (NBC)
“The 68th Annual Grammy Awards” (CBS)
“The Muppet Show” (Disney+)
“The Oscars” (ABC) ***
“Wicked: One Wonderful Night” (Peacock)

SHORT FORM (COMEDY, DRAMA OR VARIETY SERIES)
“Bad Thoughts” (Netflix)
“The Daily Show: Desi Lydic Foxsplains” (Comedy Central) ***
“Late Night With Seth Meyers Corrections” (NBC)
“The Randy Rainbow Show” (YouTube)
“Subwaytakes” (YouTube)

PERFORMER (SHORT FORM COMEDY OR DRAMA SERIES)
Desi Lydic, “The Daily Show: Desi Lydic Foxsplains” (Comedy Central)
Randy Rainbow, “The Randy Rainbow Show” (YouTube)
Tom Segura, “Bad Thoughts” (Netflix) ***

SHORT FORM (NONFICTION OR REALITY SERIES)
“The Daily Show: After the Cut” (Comedy Central)
“Inside the Pitt” (HBO Max)
“Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette – A Love Untold” (FX)
“Stranger Things 5 | Stranger Scenes” (Netflix) ***
“This is a Gardening Show” (Netflix)

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SOUND EDITING (COMEDY OR DRAMA, ONE-HOUR)
“The Pitt” (HBO Max) — “9:00 P.M.”
“Pluribus” (Apple TV) — “Pirate Lady”
“Star Trek: Starfleet Academy” (Paramount+) – “Come, Let’s Away”
“Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” (Paramount+) – “Terrarium”
“Stranger Things” (Netflix) — “Chapter Eight: The Rightside Up” ***

SOUND EDITING (COMEDY OR DRAMA, HALF-HOUR, ANIMATION)
“The Bear” (FX) — “Scallop”
“Murderbot” (Prime Video) – “All Systems Red”
“Only Murders in the Building” (Hulu) — “Lestr”
“Predator: Killer Of Killers” (Hulu)
“Widow’s Bay” (Apple TV) — “What to Expect on Your Trip” ***

SOUND EDITING (LIMITED OR ANTHOLOGY SERIES OR MOVIE)
“Bait” (Prime Video) – “Lure, Part of a Trap”
“Beef” (Netflix) — “It Will Stay This Way and You Will Obey” ***
“Monster: The Ed Gein Story” (Netflix) – “Buxom Bird”
“The Rip” (Netflix)
“Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan: Ghost War” (Prime Video)

SOUND EDITING (NONFICTION OR REALITY)
“Billy Joel: And So It Goes” (HBO Max) ***
“Mr. Scorsese” (Apple TV) – “Stranger In A Strange Land”
“My Mom Jayne: A Film By Mariska Hargitay” (HBO Max)
“Sean Combs: The Reckoning” (Netflix) – “Official Girl”
“The Yogurt Shop Murders” (HBO Max) – “Fire and Water”

SOUND MIXING FOR COMEDY OR DRAMA (ONE-HOUR)
“Alien: Earth” (FX) – “Neverland”
“The Pitt” (HBO Max) — “8:00 P.M.”
“Pluribus” (Apple TV) — “We Is Us”
“Stranger Things” (Netflix) — “Chapter Eight: The Rightside Up” ***
“Task” (HBO Max) – “Out Beyond Ideas Of Wrongdoing And Rightdoing, There Is A River.”

SOUND MIXING FOR LIMITED OR ANTHOLOGY SERIES OR MOVIE
“Beef” (Netflix) — “It Will Stay This Way And You Will Obey”
“Black Rabbit” (Netflix) — “Isle of Joy”
“DTF: St. Louis” (HBO Max) — “Amphezyne” ***
“Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette” (FX) — “Battery Park”
“Monster: The Ed Gein Story” (Netflix) – “Sick as Your Secrets”

SOUND MIXING FOR COMEDY OR DRAMA (HALF-HOUR) OR ANIMATION
“Hacks” (HBO Max) – “The Garden”
“A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms” (HBO Max) — “In the Name of the Mother”
“Only Murders in the Building” (Hulu) – “The House Always…”
“Shrinking” (Apple TV) – “I Will Be Grape”
“Widow’s Bay” (Apple TV) – “What to Expect on Your Trip” ***
“Wonder Man” (Disney+) — “Yucca Valley”

SOUND MIXING FOR A VARIETY SERIES OR SPECIAL
“The Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show Starring Bad Bunny” (NBC) ***
“68th Annual Grammy Awards” (CBS)
“The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” (CBS) — “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Series Finale”
“The Oscars” (ABC)
“Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour | The Final Show” (Disney+)

SOUND MIXING FOR NONFICTION PROGRAM
“Billy Joel: And So It Goes” (HBO Max)
“BTS: The Return” (Netflix)
“Lilith Fair: Building A Mystery – The Untold Story” (Hulu) ***
“Mr. Scorsese” (Apple TV) — “Stranger in a Strange Land”
“Taylor Swift: The End Of An Era” (Disney+)

SOUND MIXING FOR A REALITY PROGRAM
“The Amazing Race” (CBS) – Series Body of Work
“American Idol” (ABC) – “Grand Finale”
“Deadliest Catch” (Discovery Channel) — “Kings of the Frozen North” ***
“Survivor” (CBS) — “Knife to the Heart”
“The Voice” (NBC) – “The Blind Auditions Premiere”

SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS IN A SEASON OR MOVIE
“Alien: Earth” (FX)
“A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms” (HBO Max)
“Murderbot” (Prime Video)
“Stranger Things” (Netflix) ***
“Wednesday” (Netflix)

SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS IN A SINGLE EPISODE
“Daredevil: Born Again” (Disney+)
“Lord of the Flies” (Netflix)
“Paradise” (Hulu)
“Spider-Noir” (Prime Video) ***
“The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon” (AMC)

STUNT COORDINATION FOR COMEDY
“Chad Powers” (Hulu)
“Fubar” (Netflix) ***
“Murderbot” (Apple TV)
“Spider-Noir” (Prime Video)
“Tulsa King” (Paramount+)

STUNT COORDINATION FOR DRAMA
“The Boys” (Prime Video) ***
“Fallout” (Prime Video)
“FBI” (CBS)
“Marshals” (CBS)
“The Rookie” (ABC)

STUNT PERFORMANCE
“The Boys” (Prime Video) — “Blood and Bone” ***
“FBI” (CBS) – “Crusader”
“Murderbot” (Apple TV) – “Complimentary Species”
“Spider-Noir” (Prime Video) – “Tread Lightly”
“Stranger Things” (Netflix) – “Chapter Four: Sorcerer”

TITLE DESIGN
“DTF St. Louis” (HBO Max)
“Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette” (FX) ***
“Murderbot” (Apple TV)
“Pluribus” (Apple TV)
“Spider-Noir” (Prime Video)
“Star Trek: Starfleet Academy” (Paramount+)

CHARACTER VOICE-OVER PERFORMANCE
Julie Andrews, “Bridgerton” (Netflix) – “The Waltz” ***
Hank Azaria, “The Simpsons” (Fox) – “Keep Chalm and Gary On”
Stephen Colbert, “Star Trek: Starfleet Academy” (Paramount+) — “Kids These Days”
Trey Parker, “South Park” (Comedy Central) – “Sermon on the ‘Mount”
Alan Tudyk, “Grimsburg” (Fox) – “How to Lose an Ankle Monitor in 10 Days”
Steven Yeun, “Invincible” (Prime Video) – “Don’t Leave Me Hanging Here”

NARRATOR
David Attenborough, “Ocean With David Attenborough” (National Geographic) ***
Kevin Costner, “Kevin Costner’s The West” (The History Channel)
Peter Coyote, “The American Revolution” (PBS)
Tom Hanks, “World War II With Tom Hanks” (The History Channel)
Octavia Spencer, “Lost Women of Alaska” (ID)
Kate Winslet, “Finding Harmony: A King’s Vision” (Prime Video)